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Recent News About U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Refining company to install $18M in pollution controls
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - An oil production and refining company has agreed to pay a $167,000 civil penalty, perform more than $180,000 in environmental projects and spend $18 million on new pollution controls to settle Clean Air Act violations. -
Legislation would help fund Okla. AG's challenges to federal statutes
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) -- The Oklahoma House of Representatives on Tuesday voted in favor of a bill that would allow taxpayer donations be made to a fund to help pay for the state attorney general's challenges to federal statutes. -
Va. AG: EPA won't appeal stormwater ruling
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) -- Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said Monday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has informed his office it will not appeal a court ruling deeming it illegal for the agency to regulate stormwater as a pollutant in the state. -
AEP to pay $8.5 million in multi-state air pollution settlement
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) - Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced an $8.5 million multi-state settlement Friday with Ohio-based American Electric Power that will also reduce air pollution emissions from the company's coal-fired electric power plants. -
Feds, states explore fracking regulation
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- As the debate over hydraulic fracturing becomes a central energy policy issue, a key question emerges for the Obama administration and the next Environmental Protection Agency administrator: what do they plan to do about it? -
W.Va. AG writes Obama about EPA leadership
CHARLESTON - State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has written a letter to President Barack Obama regarding the search for a new person to run the Environmental Protection Agency. -
Ill. AG, EPA sign deal with copper foundry
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - A consent decree has been signed between H. Kramer and Co., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Illinois to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act and state air pollution violations. -
EPA settles with Calif. power plant
SAN FRANCISO (Legal Newsline) - The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a $145,000 Clean Air Act settlement with Thermal Energy Development Partnership. -
EPA, company settle over chemical, pesticide violations
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Two subsidiaries of the Kemira Group reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violations of chemical and pesticide laws. -
Illinois AG announces $3 million settlement with H. Kramer
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a consent decree Thursday with H. Kramer and Co. to resolve allegations of pollution regulation violations. -
Ohio AG announces deal with auto parts maker
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced a consent order Tuesday with Cardington Yukata Technologies, an auto parts manufacturer that allegedly violated state water pollution laws. -
EPA says W.Va. chicken farmer's suit 'moot,' wants it dismissed
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) -- The federal government argued in a court filing last week that a lawsuit filed against the Environmental Protection Agency over potential water pollution fines at a West Virginia chicken farm is now moot. -
Cingular to pay EPA fine, more for violations
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - New Cingular Wireless will pay a civil penalty of $750,000 to the Environmental Protection Agency and will spend $625,000 on environmental projects to resolve alleged violations. -
Cape Code Ice to pay $225K EPA fine
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A $225,000 penalty will be paid by a cold storage and ice manufacturing company to settle claims by the Environmental Protection Agency for violating federal Clean Air Act requirements -
Missouri company to pay $580K EPA fine
LENEXA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) - A Missouri explosive manufacturing facility has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $580,135 to settle allegations of violating the Clean Air Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. -
Virginia AG announces legal victory against EPA
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced a legal victory on Thursday against a federal environmental agency after a judge agreed that attempting to regulate water itself as a pollutant exceeded the agency's authority. -
Two companies to pay Clean Air Act fine
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Two companies have been ordered to pay a $970,000 penalty for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act while operating as a chemical plant in Springfield, Mass. -
General Biodisel to pay $63K EPA fine
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - General Biodiesel will pay a $63,000 penalty for failing to report their hazardous chemicals to the Environmental Protection Agency.
